Awake

Awake
Awake from the cross
Awake from the gain
Awake from the loss
Awake from the body
Awake from the soul
The more you are woken
The more you are whole

My kin
What have you done
You've ruined your kingdom
You blew out the sun
You tortured the water
You poisoned the well
You burned every flower
On your way to hell

I have tried to be nothing
I've tried to be true
I've tried to be someone
I've tried to be you
I've tried to be young
I've tried to be God
I've tried to become
Anything I am not

Oh Mother creator
You've given me life
But every heartbeat
Cuts like a knife
Someday we'll be better
A new season of corn
But we all have to die
So we can be reborn

And I'll bury the past
I'll bury the road
I'll bury the future
I'll carry the load
I'll bury the flesh
I'll bury the bone
And when I am done
I will bury my own